چھکا
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀓𑁆𑀓 (chakka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit षट्क (ṣáṭka), but influenced by Northwestern Indo-Aryan, for which compare Punjabi چھکا (chakkā) and the other playing card numbers. *chākā would be the expected reflex in Urdu. Cognate with Nepali छक्का (chakkā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰək.kɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
چَھکّا • (chakkā) m (Hindi spelling छक्का)
- any set of six
- (cricket) sixer
- (card games) a six
- (dice games) a six
- (slang) gay; trans
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چَھکّا (chakkā) | چَھکّے (chakke) |
| oblique | چَھکّے (chakke) | چَھکّوں (chakkõ) |
| vocative | چَھکّے (chakke) | چَھکّو (chakko) |
See also
| Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| اِکّا (ikkā) | دُکّا (dukkā) | تِکّا (tikkā) | چَوکا (caukā) | پَن٘جا (pañjā) | چَھکّا (chakkā) | سَتّا (sattā) |
| اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā) | نَہْلا (nahlā) | دَہْلا (dahlā) | غُلام (ġulām) | بیگَم (begam) | بادْشاہ (bādśāh) | جوکَر (jokar) |
Further reading
- “چھکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چھکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چھکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.